Development and validation of models predicting flow-related underwater noise
Develop and validate models to predict flow-related underwater noise for better sonar and underwater platform design.
This call seeks projects to improve models predicting underwater noise caused by water flow. The goal is to support better design and placement of sonars and underwater platforms. High-quality verification data will be generated to validate these models.
Likely relevant for
- Marine technology developers
- Acoustic modelers
- Underwater platform designers
- Sonar system engineers
- Environmental noise researchers
Project signals
What it funds
- Development of models predicting flow-generated underwater noise
- Validation and verification of existing noise modeling tools
- Generation of high-quality verification data
- Support for sonar placement and design
- Support for underwater platform design and noise simulation
Expected outcomes
- Improved tools for underwater noise modeling
- Validated models for sonar and platform noise prediction
- Enhanced design guidelines for underwater platforms and sonars
Who can apply / participate
- Research organizations
- Universities
- Industry partners
- Consortia including multiple entities
- Check call document for consortium size and composition rules
- Eligible countries as per call document section 6
- Refer to call document section 6 for detailed eligibility conditions
- Specific consortium size and composition
- Exact eligible countries list
Must check before shortlisting
- Eligibility criteria in call document section 6
- Consortium requirements if any
- Budget and funding conditions
Money
Indicative budget of EUR 10 million for this topic under the EDF-2026-RA call.
- Total indicative budget — 10000000EURFor this specific topic under EDF-2026-RA
Application notes
- Single-stage submission model.
- Proposal page limits and layout as per call document section 5 and application form Part B
- Eligibility and admissibility conditions as per call document section 6
- Financial and operational capacity requirements as per call document section 7
- Evaluation and award criteria as per call document section 9
- Legal and financial set-up as per call document section 10
- Call document and annexes including application templates and model grant agreements
- Prepare proposal following call document and application form guidelines
- Submit proposal via Funding & Tenders Portal before deadline
- Ensure compliance with eligibility and admissibility criteria
- Contact DEFIS-EDF-PROPOSALS@ec.europa.eu for help if needed
- Check detailed eligibility and consortium rules in call document
- Budget and funding conditions may vary
- Only one or possibly a few proposals to be funded depending on quality and budget
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Topic description
Scope: This topic aims to improve the design of underwater platforms and the proper integration of sonars, including the verification of existing tools and the development of better tools for modelling underwater flow-generated noise that can support the placement of sonars and the simulation of radiated noise from underwater platforms. The models to be developed for both sonar design and radiated noise will include the generation of high-quality verification data and would support the design of underwater platforms and the placement and design of sonars. Targeted types of activities: Generating knowledge, integrating knowledge and studies, not excluding downstream activities eligible for research actions. Indicative budget: EUR 10 000 000 for this topic under the EDF-2026-RA call. Indicative number of proposals to be funded: One proposal is to be funded for this topic. However, depending on the quality of the proposals submitted and the budget available, more than one proposal may ultimately be funded for this topic.
Conditions and documents
Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in section 5 of the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible countries
described in section 6 of the call document.
3. Other eligibility conditions
described in section 6 of the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in section 7 of the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
described in section 9 of the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in section 4 of the call document.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in section 10 of the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Application form templates
Standard application form (EDF) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Detailed budget table (EDF RA)
List of infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources (EDF)
Actual indirect cost methodology declaration (EDF)
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
EDF Programme Security Instruction (PSI)
Guidelines on FSTP implementation - WP2026
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Support information
For help related to this call, please contact DEFIS-EDF-PROPOSALS@ec.europa.eu Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals . IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc. Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
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